That Kid at Yale

Yale freshman Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, the now notorious former Taliban spokesman, has caught the eye of the US Senate. Senator John Cornyn (R-Tx.) has written this letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff asking how a former Taliban spokesman got into this country. Flying Debris speculated in this post that Mr. Hashemi may have had an agreement with our government at some point late in the Taliban rule. It would not be safe for Mr. Hashemi to publicly admit any involvement with the US forces, if that is what happened. At the time of the earlier post the crack staff at Flying Debris agreed that this was not a likely occurrence, just a possibility and that assessment still holds.

The guys at Powerline have the letter and some interesting comments on it.